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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18
KILOGRAMS TO THE STAR
REFORM IN MEXICO.
A Sensation Caused by a Change I'm the
lififude of the Church Authorities.

ST IoUrs. Nov Is.-A dispatch from the City OF
Mexico SAYS: lively sensation was caused here
by the arrival Of circular letter issued by the
Catholic bishop % the State OF Tarnaultnas in
winch he said that homage TO the virgin OF t;uada
lOuDe The patron saint Of the country was NOT
ObIgafOry the part OF the faithful and A. n in
timated that the papal authority is against max
ing such homage point OF doctrine in Nexico
This strikes tremendous blow against a time-
nOnOred practice In this country, anu comes an A
time when the coronation OF the virgin m ,.anda
loupe Is the subject OF an angry Controversy b.
tween nOeT y and church party newspaners m ts
asserted here by the liberals thar PoDt leo does
not favor the devotion OF Mexican Catholics 10 the
virgin OF Gau,taloupe TO the extent N has been
practiced- and that he Is DESTROYS that the Mexican
church should combat the growing liberalism OF
the country Oy renewed attention 10 the education
OF the common people and so IDENTIFYING the
churcn Win the best interests OF the people.
Large hunOers OF Catholics here sympathiZe with
the reported attitude OF the holy father one
prominent 0ishop, noted hitherto for his antagon-
ism 10 railways and American IDEAS has an
nOunced his conversion TO the belief In the efficacy
OF railways and their needfulness 10 the welfare OF
lAe country and urges his clergy I'm favor OF rail-
way ouldlng- The newly appointed bishop OF
Oaxaca, the state Of President Dlaz Is outspoken
IN favor OF the spread OF education. Evidently a
progressive movement has begun inside the
Snurcn, whose leading men begin 10 hold that the
Dtst way I'd meet the efforts OF Protestant mis-
slonarles Il to reform all existing abuses and meet
euucatlon Oy ProteStants with education under
CathOlc auspices The new liberal Catholic move
lne1t layOrs tns reelection OF President DiaZ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18

LITTLE KNOWN OF IT'S CHARACTER-rHR RAW NATE
RIAL DUG FROM THE GROUND.

LITTLE KNOWN OF IT'S CHARACTERISTICS RAW NATE.
RIAL DUG FROM THE GROUND.
From the ST. Louis Republican.
"Jet Is the commOneSt substance In use for per-
sOna ornaments, and yet not one out OF 900 per-
sons knows where IL comes from or what IL is COM
posed Of" said L. A. Rhodes OF New York. in the
rotunda OF the Lindell last night. 'As TO its COM
position, however, nothing is really known, for
scientists have endeavored In vain to analyze tt
and settle its origin, but their experiments have
only resulted In theories. In its character and
formation it Is closely allied to amber and the
common belief Is that IL Is wood partly converted
into coal, although there are some who believe it
TO be species OF Petroleum. Tue English jet
which Is the most popular is dug on the coast OF
Yorkshire, near Whitoy and Scarborough. The
trade from Whitby dates back to the lat
ter part of the sixteenth century, AMI Jet
Is known to have been used for ornaments by
the early Britons and their Roman conQuererS
The price OF the raw material is from 10 TO Is
shIllings a pound. IL Is worked altogether by
hand Pieces are sawed to the proper size and
then the pattern Is scratched upon the Jet with a
sharp pointed instrument. Then the workman
takes knife and commences TO whittle the piece
OF Jet just as you might a stick OF wood, the ma
terial working easily. With this knife and with
small chiselS he works out the pattern after
which the piece Is taken 10 a grindstone and the
round parts are ground of. Swift-whrling wheels
do the polishing, except where there are deep In
the polishing with thin strips OF list Brilliancy
Is given 10 the ornament by sprinkllng on a little
rouge and polishing lightly with a rubber Jet
was once Used almost entirely In the way OF pins
bracelets, &c. but now the larger part OF the OUT
put IS made up into dress trimmings
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PROPOSALS.

DROPOsALs FOR RICE, CANVAS, MACHINERY.
Il AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 5, lSS1.-seal-d
tons. Canvas, Glass Felt T States aud Stating
Putty, Solder, Glazing, Iron Work. Machinery yellow
aud whte Pine Lumber" will be received from man
nfacturers or regular dealers only at the Bureau
ton, d. g. until ELEYaN O'CLOCK A NJ NIVEM-
Der TWEEN NINTH. 1887. and opened immedi-
ply. at the Navy Yard. New York. of $4,000 pounds
rice. and LOCO dozen eagle buttons small to be deliy-
Yard, Boston. OF 10000 yards hammock canvas and
5,OOO yards bag canv.s, to be delivered within q
hs from date OF contract; and at the Navy Yard
pounds roofing felt. 10 boxes charcoal tin "3 353
SOU; squares slate 300 pounds galvanized;
lrHn saasr M bo 600 pounds putty do9
square feet glazing in skylghts. 22,95O pounds
iron work, 10 shaping machines with tool-holder
sesW ana and
Washington Navy Yard specifications. OF rs will
be received for one more OF the above mentioned
Qured Of such article articles The above articles
must conform to the Navy standard and pass the
esnt vii be WitsSelS aa the OF 20
livery until the completion Of the contract bidders
are referred to above Bureau for specifications times
ton relative to the articles required be had APP
Pication respectively, General Storrkeepers New
York. Boston, Washington d. c. The proposals must
indicated by the blank TIE Department reserves the
right to reject any proposal not considered advants-
geons TO the Government. JAMES FULTON.
n4-lAw-4W PaymAster General, U. b. Navy.
.cTNovEMBER Is, lSS7-rHE TIME OF DE-
livery Of the ten Q0) shaping machines. with tool
and specifications extended from sixty (oO DAYS TO
one hundred and twenty (l20l days from date
furnish. JAMES FULTON,
nl62o Paymaster General. /, s. Navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18


From the Minneapolis Tribune
For some time Mr.. Henry r. Snedigar, OF Iro-
quois, has been experimenting with what he calls
wind wagon, and at last has been successful In
30 attaching sail to an ordinary road wagon that
the vehicle is rapidly propelled By the wind. Mr..
Snedigar was In the city day or two since, and
gave an exhibition Of his wind wagon. The sail
was some six feet high, Of threecorner or jibsail
shape. It was attached to Q one-horse road
wagon BY q mast or stay ropes. Two men occu-
PIED the wagon; one managed the sail, the other
did the steering. This was done BY ropes
TO easily turn the 'front.' wheels to the right
or left, quickly guiding It In the direction
desired. The wagon and It's two occupants
went through the streets at the rate Of about
miles an hour; when out OF the business part OF
the city It was allowed to 60 from 10 70 IL miles
an hour, with pretty stin breeza Mr.. Snedigar
came from IroQuois to Huron, Q distance OF Is
miles, In an hour and q hail. the wind blowing
only slightly. Mr.. Snedigar says that when the
wind has velocity OF IS miles an hour he can
travel from IL to Is miles with ease. The sail Is
50 arranged that 1t can be used on either q heavy
road wagon or light buggy. Hundreds OF people
with It It Is not unlikely that others will adopt
this method OF travel and sail wagons become nu-
merous IN this prairie country, where there Is usu
ally wind sufficient to furnish the power and
where good roads are always found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18

Should Doctor Inform ON Criminal
From the Medical and Surgical Reporter.
circular has recently been issued by Pnker.
tons National Detective Agency, asking each ply
stefan who receives copy to give Information to
the agency in CAGE suspicious person should come
to him for treatment Of gunshot wound OF the
Jaw. 1t seems that on the morning OF Friday,
september 80, 1887, burglars entei ed the resi-
dence OF the C iShler OF the Farmers Bank, or New
Castle, Del, where the bank Is 80 located, and
attempted to OverpOwer tho cas- Ter and his family
Tight ensued, and the cashier shot and wounded
one VI The burglars. The ball Is supposed to have
entered the mouth Of the burglar shattering the
1awbOne and carrying away with II portion Of
the bOne-a piece or which has been found IN the
blood which came from the wound, and experts
pronounce /. part OF the ja~bone.
The detective agency wishes the cooperation OF
medical men In securing the apprehension OF this
criminal, and we hope they may have 1t. AS a
rule, physicians should religiOusly guard the Sc
crets OF their patients, and especially when to
or punishment. But this rule cannot be strained
SO as to apply 10 the case or murderOus fugitive
from justice. A man who breaks into the house
OF q keeper OF other peoples moneys and makes
an attempt upon his life in order TO complete
felony Is an outlaw; and whatever pity any man
or any physician might feel toward him should be
counteracted by the pity he feels for every law
abiding citizen. When the consequences Of his
crime bring dangerous criminal to the notice OF
MEDICAL man we hold 1t to ne duty that the
latter should disclose the TACT to the proper au-
thOrtieS and not hold back from any false notions
in regard to professional confidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18

The Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker fooled his audience
at Oberin, Ohio, last week. All the girls in the
big female seminary there are required to be in
bed at 8 p. m. so to accommodate them the lecture
began at O'Clock and concluded at $3.50 pm. He
made the same alusion to the forthcoming
lecture upon Gladstone, and to test the sentiment
OF his audience he asked: "How many OF you
would like to hear the Gladstone lecturer" The
PooP1s saaostod ~" I'm untson, and huadreds who
had started out through the 'lrcture-room doors
into the street were called back by their friends
"Do you want to hear 1t TO ntght?" asked Dr.
Parker. The audience answered ayes" and took
their seats. Gentlemen who had put ON their
overcoats took them of again and prepared to en-
Joy another hour OF pleasure. After pause DR..
Parker said: swell I'm glad you do want To hear
1t. That's what l wanted to find out. But don't
want to hear IL; I'm tired out" and he bowed him.
self of the platform with a very bland SMILE The
girls and the grown people enjoyed the joke to-
and went away apparently much happier for the
incident.
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Queer Freak of Nature.
FLORIDA BABY WHICH Is HALF WHITE AND HALF

ATLANTA. Nov. 1s--A dispatch from Chattahoo-
Chez, Fla, says: most remarkable freak OF
nature here Is attracting great attention and hun
dreds OF people are coming miles 10 see It, AT Bar
ney Hill, a small cOlOred settlement, ten miles
from here, cOlOred woman some weeks ago gave
birth TO a eoy-child that nearly scared them all
20 death. The infant was healthy and we'll
developed when born and has continued In good
condition since, but the StrangeSt part Is It's COLOR
IL Is divided In two halves, as IL were, one repre-
senting the Caucasian and the other the African
race. one side. from the center OF its forehead
down, Is black as coal. while the other Is equally
white and lair Another mOnStrOuS freak OF the
same nature is shown by the fact that the eau
caSian side has thick lips and nat nose kinky hair
and black eye-in fact, all the African Character
1sticS-while the dark side has fair and good
features. blue eye, and soft, silky hair. IL Is In
perfect health and grows fast Its arrival created
q terrible hubbub In the settlement, and the
negroes were Inclined TO regard IL as an omen OF
evil.
Hon. ii. H. Speer, senator, as agent for the
mother Is negotiating with p. t. Barnum with q
view TO having 10 on exhibition IL Is one OF the
strangest freaks OF nature ever heard OF in this
section
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England Over Populated.

Letter to the Editor of the London Times.
IL requires no arguments to show that England
is very seriously over-populated. The increase in
the last nifty years is underestimated at 5000 COO
and the els value per head, calculated by the
late Dr. Farr (who died In 1889, is converted into
debit factor. Human overproduction is evident
In every profession and trade, and, while the
ulation goes on increasing at an alarming rate OF
compound interest Between 1881 and 1871 in
between 1871 and 1881, a4OO, 600; and between
1881 and 1891 II Will be found to stand at nearer
4,OOOOOO. When community is obliged to take
up stock OF any kind Out especially live stock) at
the rate OF 100000 TO 100000 q year beyond fts
requirements, the stock becomes Q curse and not
q blessing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18
How TO Give Dinners.


The first thing to be considered In giving din.
ner Is It's size, and careful, thoughtful house.
keeper never makes a mistake. 1t is only the
needless and inexperienced who fall into trap
here. A crowded table is always a discomfort
except In an informal, friendly scramble at a Jolly
house for Sunday night tea. One servant can
never serve more than ten persons at dinner with
out the whole thing dragging, which is a certain
death Dlow 10 a dinners success. IL one has the
naolt or frequent dinner giving IL iSwel TO limit
the number asked 10 eight, with one servant in at
tendance; 10 twelve with two. Anything larger
than this except ''the gathering together OF the
clans" on high days and holidays becomes exceed
lngly formal and servant should be provided
Tor every two or at most three persons
In most OF the homes OF America the houses are
built TOO narrow for round table to be introduced
into the dining-roOm, and, while depOr1ng the alb
sence OF that adjunct TO bright, general CONVERSE
ton at small dinners, IL furnishes another argu-
ment In favor OF limiting the guests to eight three
on side being as many as a host or hostess can
reach In conversation. An argument in favor Of
ten advanced In some instances is, that this num-
Der assists hostess In seating gentleman at the
right or every lady, and vice versa This IS GER
talnly an advantage, but not compensate N for
SLOW dinner and, was stated ten at table f. sure
TO entail SloWnesS In butler or maid servant serve
alone. One more thing q hostess must bear in
mind. The invited guests must be cOngenial NOT
necessarily acquainted, but persons OF the same
SteS Interested In the same class OF subjects NOT
Those whose Ideas and opinions are wholly at
variance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18
THOMAS BOWLING, AuctiOneer.
CHANCERY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY, No. 1913 AND $40 q STREE1
SOUTHWEST, AND 3O8 STREET SOUTH

PROPERTY, No. 1913 AND $50 STREET
S0uTTHwEsT, AND 3OS STREET SOUTH
BY virtue Of decree passed by the Supreme
day Of November, A. D. 1887, wherein Richard III Es;i
Brooks il complainant and VIM. Henry Freeman ct al
are DEFENDANTS. in Equity Cause numbered 1882,
Will sell at public auction in front of the premises
on MONDAY, NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHrH. A D.
1851, 1T FOUR O'CLOCK P. M, the following de-
OF Columbia to wit: The east "a feet and 5 inches
front by the depth thereof of original lot numbered
~, IN square numbered $40, beginning tor the
the of said lot running thence
south l22 feet and inches to public allet, thence
west along the line Of said alley "a feet and inches
street south and thence east along the line of said
street u feet and inches to the place of beginning
being No. u street southwest.
Inc terms OF sale to be as follows Onethird of the
purchase money In cash and the residue to be paid
TWO equal installments in and two years with in
terest thereon at six cent per from day of
sale, OF All in cash at option Of the purchaser.
will likewise by virtue of said decree, and ON the
same DAY, IT the hour Of HALF-PASr FOUR p. NJ,
sell ut public auction in front of the premises the
ton in the District of Columbia The east half Of lot
numbered ~ IN square numbered 53S, beginning for
the same ut the northeast of said lot and rum
ming thence B. nth feet and inches. thence west
% Iee thence north 81 feet and inches the line
OF street SOUTH and thence east along the line of
said street to the place Of beginning
The terms Of sale to be a. follows: One-thrd of the
purchase money in cash and the residue in two equal
payable IN and two years from day of
ale with interest thereon st six per per annum
day OF al purchase moneyin cash at option
Of the parchase deposit of 400 to be made each
JXGEs Il. Smith. T R''
nl0-Qo Room 81, LIE Droit BudnQ
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A savage Attack ON POwderIy.

DETROIT, Nov. Is.-The report OF General Dele
gate Joseph ii. Labadie on the Minneapolis con-
vention OF the knights OF Labor, made 10 the dis
trict assembly, makes a bitter attack on Mr..
Powderly, and its sentiment seems TO be endorsed
by majority OF the members OF the ocal.assem-
bly,. The conduct OF Mfr. Powderly during the past
year Is reviewed In scathlng terms. His eXtrava-
gance Is denounced. his attitude on anarchy con-
demned. his conduct during the labor troubles IN
Chicago last spring Is called cowardly, and his
Efforts 10 force out Bailey and Barry are charac-
terfZed as these OF INSCRIPTIONS political
manipulation. The report concludes by saying
that the time has come when Mr.. POwderiy must
step down and out, or the order Of knights viii 20
10 pieces The report causes a sensation In labor
circles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18
Killed His wife,s Lover,

UNION CITY. Tenn, Nov. 1S-The news OF the
killing OF John Paine by VIM Woody at McCul-
lom Co.'S saw mill, on Reelfoot Lake, twenty
miles from this city, was received here to-day.
Woody suspected undue intimacy between his
wife and Paine, and warned the latter that he
would kill him II he continued his attention
10 her. Yesterday Paine threw a note In Woody'5
front yard addressed 10 Mrs Woody and her hus-
band found L. He got his pistol and went TO the
mill, where his enemy worked. Paine had been
out hunting, and when he returned he went TO the
hous-, put away his gun and then went to the
mill, where Woody awaited him. Woody drew his
pistol and shot Paine three times two Of the shots
taxing effect In his abdomen and one in his face.
Paine lived until O'Clock this morning. Woody
es
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18


From the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
French cook isn't worth a snap on baked beans
and II the prOprietors Of our leading fashionable
hotels are not careful the priceless, tme-hOnored,
hitherto undlsputed glory OF Boston baked beans'
will have departed. Beans In the leading hotels
OF Boston, we blush TO hear repeatedly, are not
''half baked" Our good old grandmothers knew
more about cooking our national dishes than all
the French cooks In the world and, to the shame
OF leading BOSten hotels be It said stranger
must gain admission to our private residences II he
would know what Boston baked beans" really
are and should be. The old ladies Aforesaid soaked
the beans In cold water during Friday night on
Saturday morning they changed the water, and
parboiled them gently for two hours They then
gave them good rinsing, and put them In pot
with gOOd-sized piece OF salt pork, with streak
OF lean In 1t. They then baked the beans slowly
during the day, and suffered them to remain In the
oven through Saturday night, taking care to have
plenty OF water In the pot during the process OF
cooking. On Sunday, whether for breakfast, or
lunch or evening lunch, the baked beans became
"a feast for the gOdS!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-18

From the New York Tribune
seymour Curtis Is one OF the characters OF STRAIT.
ford. He went to the war az nfer, and since has
been what may be called an ardent working repuh.
lican. He comes to Bridgeport nearly every day.
and on his last VISIT told the following anecdote.
never before printed: During the Presidential
campaign OF 1856, when John G. Fremont was the
James Booth, came to this city to hear Lincoln
speak. As Lincoln stepped upon the platform 20
begin his speech Booth said 70 Curtis, "What a
hoInely mani He's the h0meliest man ever saw p
But as Lincoln talked and waxed eloquent Booth
brought his clenched INST down on Curtis knee
tand the latter said he hit hard and said sSey-
grows hands0mer all the time.n At last with a
sledge-haminer blow OF his INST on Curtis KNEE.
Booth exclaimed, "Curtis. he's the handsomest
man ever saw
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The Hawk and the Cat,
NOVEL FIGHT IN NIDAIR, IN WHICH THE CAT TRI-


A dispatch from Edison, Pa, says that Saturday
an immense hawk, which had for some days been
trying In vain for q chance to swoop down on
Simon Clay's poultry yard and capture q chicken,
self IN the back yard The hawk lifted the cat
recovered from its surprise and began to sQuirm
hawk In showers, and the big bird, which had
reached height Of 100 feet with its unusual
prey, seeing that It had caught Tartar:
the earth like a plumb bob. The hawk
must have been wOful hungry, for 1t
swooped down on the cat and seized It be-
fore 1t reached the ground. That was good thing
for the cat for II IL had struck the earth at the
rate 1t was going all nine OF its lives would have
gone out at once. But this second capture was
bad for the hawk. He grabbed the cat near the
TALL and had hardly recovered himself sufficiently
to begin his upward flight when the cat, filled
with fury, twisted around and reached for the
hawk with her paws She caught the big birds
throat In her teeth and set the claws OF her fore
feet deep in the feathers of his neck That was
the end of the flight. The hawk pounded and
Hoped with his great wings, but II was useless.
His wind was enectually shut on and he nuttered
TO the ground with the cat, and by the time the
Two reached the earth the big bird was In his last
gasp. The interesting and novel night in mid-air
was witnessed by several, and when they reached
the spot where the cOmbatantS came down the cat
sat by the side OF its vanquished toe cOmplacently
licking the wounds the hawks tal0ns had made,
which were deep but not serious.
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Miss Carpenters Fascinating Hair.

WINS CaIpenuGH7B II H0C108I1OX EZ0IRe
SHE HAS THREE TINES HAD PART OF 1T CUT FROM
HER HEAD BY MIsCREANTs IN THE STREET.
From the New York Tribune, Nov. IS.
Miss Nettie Carpenter, the young American
violinist, engaged for the Gerster Company by Mr.
Abbey was the victim OF cruel and wanton out
rage yesterday afternoon. Hiss Carpenter is, or
was, the owner OF peculiarly fine head OF black,
wavy hair, which she ordinarily wore falling loosely
over the shoulders. About O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, while she was walking with her father
through a crowd In 14th street, near 9th avenue,
some miscreant cut OH about a foot OF her hair
or her father. In fact 1t was not until she re-
moved her hat on reaching her home that the loss
was discovered. Strangely enough, this is the
ter OF DR.. Carpenter of this city, has suffered The
same outrage. Two years ago her hair was stolen
London.